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W. MEYER. BLOTTER.

No. 489,823. Patented Jan. 10, 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM MEYER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BLOTTER.

y SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 489,823, dated .Tanuary 10, 1893.

l Application led July 8,1892. Serial No. 439,312. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM MEYER, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented new and useful Improvements in Blotters, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention is an improvement in blotters and relates particularly tothe means for securing together two or more sheets or pieces of materialcomposing the body of the blotter as hereinafter described.

Reference isto be had to the accompanying Y drawings forming a part ofthis specification,

in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the figures.

Figure 1 represents an outside face view of a smooth blotter back havinga blotter on its opposite4 side or face and with the fastener applied atopposite ends to unite the two together; Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsection upon the line 2-2 in Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a transverse section uponthe line 3--3 in Fig. l; Fig. 4 is a face view of the blank used to formthe fastening which secures the parts of the blotter together; Fig. 5 isa view in perspective of the finished fastening.

.A, is a glazed or smooth blotter-back designed to carry a removableblotter or strip of blotting paper B, upon its lower or inner face andwhich is united therewith by a fastening C, applied to opposite ends ofthe two strips A and B, that when combined give a smooth and restfulsupport to the hand, with little or no friction over the back andwithout exerting any tendency to double up the blotter and smear thewriting, or subject the blotter to being soiled by the hand. To makethese and other advantages however, attached to the combined blotter andits back, fully attainable, it is desirable that the two should be heldtogether in a simple, steady and efcient manner, and should presentevery facility for their separation when itis required to reverse theface of the blotter or to substitute a new blotter for an old and soiledone. This the fasteners C, do. Each of these fasteners is constructed ofor from a thin and flat spring metal blank, shown in Fig. 4. and formedwith spur-like projections b b, at its one end and with a bifurcatedspring tongue or tongues c c at its other end. This blank is made toform a clamp for fixed attachment to the outside of the back A bybending the spurs b b to engage with said back or with re-enforcingpieces CZ, on said back and doubling the blank over upon itself about inline with where the bifurcated tongue or tongues join the body of theclamp, and so that said tongues will project underneath andapproximately in parallel relation with said body to clip or clamp, witha spring pressure, the blotter B within them and against the inner faceof the back A. The advance ends of these tongues are turned or bentoutward, as shown at e, so as not to bear upon the blotter, wherebyincreased facility is afforded for entering the blotter within or backof the spring tongues. By means of these fastenings C, the blotter Willbe securely held from accidentally shifting on the back and yet theblotter is made capable of quick insertion and removal or of having itsface reversed Whenrequired.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent,-

l. As a new article of manufacture, the within-described blotterfastener, consisting of the spring-metal device having at one end theinwardly-bent spurs, b, for fixed engagement with the upper side of theblotter, and at the other end the long, spring tongues, c, which arebent reversely to said spurs and project underneath the body of thedevice, but separated from the spurs by a space sufficient toaccommodate the detachable portion of the blotter, as shown anddescribed.

2. The combination, with the blotter B, and independent smooth back orstrip A, arranged upon the outside face ot the blotter, of the springmetal clamps C, C, at the opposite ends of said back and blotter, saidclamps being constructed at their one end with spurs b, tixedly engagingwith said back or outer strip, and at their other end with a bifurcatedspring tongue or tongues c, bent to project underneath the body of eachof the clamps, and adapted to hold the blotter with a spring pressure upagainst the back and to provide for the easy removal of the blotter,substantially as described.

WILLIAM MEYER. Witnesses:

HENRY J. FEEDEEIcKs, BENJAMIN F. MEYER.

